St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-15
MISCELLANEOUS,

sr's boy is apt to think the grindston,
crank the worst Of the lot about haydn,
time.
-Sbe-'.Are you going to the picni,
Tuesday. George?" He-.'O. yes
She with feeble indi6erence) -"Alone
George?" He-"No; / shall take ~
umbrella. Puck.
The Daily Noon says the repor,
that James Mayo. of Battle Greek. who
was bitten by . rationale, was about
to die. is incorrect Il was the snake
that died.
Charles johnson. Of Griffin. Ga,
says that he has . cat that turned from
jet black to gray from grief At being
separated from his children, to whom
it was greatly attached.
"A peach tree forty years old. ii
Sonoma, CAL. has produced $50 pounds
offruit this season. Most Of the peaches
measured over eight inches in circum-
ference.
Thomas Ford. of Ellsworth. Me-,
while at work in his garden. dug Out
Of the earth small gold watch. and q
few days after long gold chain. The
articles look IS il they might have been
lost nine or ten years ago.
In the early part IF the reign Oi
Henry VIII. Lord Chief Justice Reed
tried an action. when on circuit, in
which the jury was locked up. but be-
fore giving its verdict had eaten and
drunk, which all the members con-
fessed. This being reported to the
Judge. he fined them each heavily and
took their verdict
AT Petersburg. w. Va. . little
Lee boy found an old liquor barrel. and
amused himself by dropping lighted
matches through the vent hole. Pres
emily there was an explosion. and boy
and barrel were blown into the
branches of . neighboring tree. The
boy WAS badly hurt and the barrel
ruined.
Considerable excitement has been
occasioned in Louisiana by the report
that leprosy existed ut St Martinsville
in that State. The State board Of
health has made an examination and
finds that Eve persons are suffering
from undoubted leprosy. while three
others are n yet in doubt
-"What are You crying about. John.
ny!' asked Mr.. Fizzletop Of his little
boy Johnny. Christmas day. Il can't
-boo-find-boo- my candy horse"
and then the poor little fellow broke
down completely. 'Where did you
put it ?" "I-l-eat-it up."-Teras
Sitsisga
"A one-legged beggar Of st. Louis
became 50 urgent in his requests for
aid that he was arrested the other day
When the police searched him they
found fifteen tobacco bags in his peck
cts and sewed to his ragged clothes.
and each bag contained some money.
The total amount was $7A4l.
1t is . common thing for sailors OH
west bound English steamers to find
from ten to fifteen stowawayS The
freight handlers are great friends -
the tramps who wish to make an mex
pensivc voyage. In vessels that bring
over brick the leaders will build up 4
little room around two or three men.
and in several cases from . dozen to
two dozen men have thus been secreted.
Omaha pOlitician-''What did you
buy that thing sor?" His Wife-''This,
my dear. is . necktie. and I want you
to wear it." what? Wear . necktie
and let my constituents get the idea
feel myself above them. Woman. il you
had your way I'd he ruined" But
we are going OF on visit you know"
%. well, hide it in a satchel until We
get into the cars, then I'll put it on
Omaha World.
The Yezidis are the Kurdish devil
wor.hippers." They have no ceremonial
additions. or attach no importance to
them. and are allowed to use nothing
colored blue. They will not sit down
on a sofa having blue t.ssel or enter
= room containing an article Of furhi-
ture covered with blue cloth. Their re-
ligion prohibits them from serving As
soldiers. though there appears to be
nothing to prevent them from cutting
throats on their own account-BosfoH
Globe.
I'm the Colorado desert, near Idaho
there Is . large bed Of rock-salt, and
the Southern Pacific railroad, in laying
the track to the salt-bed. has been
obliged to grade the road for twelve
hundred feet with blocks of these beau
tiful crystals. This il the only instance
where q road-bed is laid and ballasted
on salt. The sea which once rolled over
this place dried up and left vast bed
Of salt nearly fifty miles long. The
supply Is inexhaustible and the quality
excellent -Rbsic OpiasioA
"A stranger. who claimed to be .
slater. applied for work in Newark. N.
J.. one day recently, and was given
on the roof Of IN I'M
house with another workman.
A few minutes after the other work
man. not getting an answer to ques-
ton. looked around and found himself
alone on the roof Peering down the
hole where the chimney was to be
placed. he saw the stranger lying at
the bottom-sixty feet below. He gave
the alarm. and brandy was procured
and administered. IAN hour after
ward the stranger dragged himself to
. street-car and rode away"
Not Much Disappointed.
s.Hasn't heen q stray vos,nsp ,cc,C>u